The Ancient Egyptians

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The Ancient Middle East
Susan M. Pojer
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2. The Ancient Egyptians
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A View of Egypt by Satellite
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The Fertile Nile Valley
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The Annual Flooding of the Nile
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Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf
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Ancient Egyptian History
Periods Time Frame
Nile Culture Begins 3900 B. C. E.
Archaic 3100 2650 B. C. E.
Old Kingdom 2650 2134 B. C. E.
Middle Kingdom 2040 1640 B. C. E.
New Kingdom 1550 1070 B. C. E.
Late Period 750 332 B. C. E.
Greek Ptolemaic Era 332 30 B. C. E.
Roman Period 30 B. C. E. 395 C. E.
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Menes Unifier of Upper Lower Egypt
c. 3050 B. C. E. ?
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Ancient Egyptian Housing
Middle Class Homes
Peasant Homes
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Ancient Egyptian Housing
Middle Class Homes
Peasant Homes
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Egyptian Social Hierarchy
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Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
Tutankhamon1336-1327 B. C. E.
Thutmose III1504-1450 B. C. E.
Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E.
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Egyptian Scribe
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Papyrus ? Paper
Hieratic Scroll Piece
Papyrus Plant
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Champollion the Rosetta Stone
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Hieroglyphic Cartouche
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Hieroglyphics Alphabet
24 letters 700 phonetic symbols
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Egyptian Gods GoddessesThe Sacred Trinity
Osiris Isis
Horus
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Egyptian Mummies
Ramses II1279-1212 B. C. E.
Seti I1291-1278 B. C. E.
Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II1210-1200 B. C.
E.
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Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara
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Bent Pyramid of King Sneferu
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Giza Pyramid Complex
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Archaeologist, Howard Carter (1922)
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King Tutankhamons Death Mask
1336-1327 B. C. E.
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King Tutankhamon
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King Tutankhamuns Tomb
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Treasures From Tuts Tomb
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The Valley of the Queens
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
1473-1458 B. C. E.
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Ankhenaton First Monotheist?
1352-1336 B. C. E.
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QueenNefertiti
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Abu SimbelMonument to Ramses II
1279-1213 B. C. E.
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Routes of the Sea Peoples
The end of the Bronze Age!